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The School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) is in the Faculty of Science at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
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The School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) is in the Faculty of Science at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
Mathematics and Physics was a foundation department of The University of Queensland when it opened in 1911. Professor Henry James Priestley was the foundation Professor of Mathematics and Physics. In 1922 the departments separated and Professor Thomas Parnell became head of physics. The two departments were joined again in 2000, along with Earth Sciences, as the School of Physical Sciences until Earth Sciences was moved out of the school in 2009 when it was renamed as Mathematics and Physics.
The school occupies several buildings on the St Lucia campus including Parnell Building on the Great Court, the Physics Annex and Priestley Building.
The school has a long and successful history of research. Its most famous experiment is Parnell's Pitch Drop Experiment which is the longest running scientific experiment in the world. The school has achieved international standing in research areas including applied mathematics (particularly in biological sciences), quantum computing, quantum atom optics, engineered quantum systems, astrophysics and soft condensed matter physics.
The school is one of the strongest performing research schools in the country with a number of high-profile researchers and centres. Recent research successes include:
Teaching staff from the School of Mathematics and Physics regularly win national teaching awards and grants. Recent winners include:
The school has an active outreach program including the highly popular science lecture series BrisScience, physics and mathematics colloquia series, the demo troupe (undergraduate students perform physics shows aimed at high school students and general audiences) and the Physics Museum curated by Professor Norman Heckenberg.
The demo troupe regularly performs at schools around Brisbane and also travels to regional and remote Queensland to promote science.
The school has an active alumni network and holds several alumni reunion events each year.
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